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Marlu

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Marlu Woodburne et al. p. 643

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPseudocheiridaeWinge 1893
genusMarlu

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Marlu Woodburne et al. 1987
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Marlu karya Wroe 1998
Marlu kutjamarpensis Woodburne et al. 1987
Marlu kutjamarpensis Woodburne et al. 1987
Marlu preacursor Woodburne et al. 1987
Marlu syke Wroe 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Serravallian or 23.03000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) M. kutjamarpensis (13313)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene28.4 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) M. karya (135742)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (106497 106498)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) M. syke (92641)